days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in Out and About, random on Feb 27th, 2010
Metalsmithing pickle (sodium bisulfate) is neutralized with baking soda. The knowledge came in handy when a kitchen pipe was eaten from the inside by sulfuric acid, the main ingredient in a drain cleaning product. The acid went through the plumbing, then through an aluminum pan and onto the wood cabinet and slate floor. When I [...]
Posted in Out and About on Feb 5th, 2010
I took a few pairs of earrings, disassembled them, and reassembled parts into these prototype earrings. My idea is to have smaller square wire jump rings on the earring frames which are currently sitting on the workbench ready to be filled. Flexible, swinging earrings similar to these prototypes are one version I’m mulling, and another [...]
Posted in Out and About on Feb 3rd, 2010
While in the desert area around Tucson Arizona I went to an ocean. Granted, it was a small one with an automatically induced wave every five minutes. And, it was inside this structure – Biosphere 2. The rainforest biodome in Biosphere 2 was so humid that all camera lenses fogged up.